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BEAT ME, WHIP ME, ABUSE ME, MY DEAR GOVERNMENT
By Sarge Lintecum
[Printer-Friendly Version] - BEAT ME, WHIP ME, ABUSE ME,
- MY DEAR GOVERNMENT
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- Bombard my brain with sound bites
- That make my senses dull.
- A thousand things I need to buy,
- Make sure my mind's too full.
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- Tell me lies all day and night
- Till it starts my head to spin,
- So when I finally hear the truth
- I'll yearn for lies again.
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- Give me things to think about
- That make me choose a side.
- Don't let me think about right and wrong
- And truth, above all, hide.
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- Run two guys for office,
- Don't tell me that they lied.
- Campaign for months convincing me
- That they're both on opposite sides.
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- I don't care if they have the same backers.
- I don't mind the lies they spin,
- Or the killing and bombing and burning,
- Just so my side wins.
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- - Sarge Lintecum
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